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enRecipes for Outdoor Entertaininghttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/recipes-outdoor-entertaining
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=endless%20summer%20cookbook%20katie%20lee&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><img alt="Cover art for &quot;Endless Summer Cookbook&quot;" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781617691447/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=890623442" style="width: 161px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=chia,%20quinoa,%20kale,%20oh%20my%20recipes%20for%2040&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><img alt="Cover art for &quot;Chia, Quinoa, Kale, Oh My!&quot;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781581572742/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=881439613" style="width: 166px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=norske%20nook&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><img alt="Cover art for &quot;The Norske Nook Book of Pies and Other Recipes&quot;" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780299304300/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=890912757" style="width: 155px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a>Katie Lee&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=endless%20summer%20cookbook%20katie%20lee&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><strong>Endless Summer Cookbook</strong></a> embodies all the smells and tastes of a warm July day. A West Virginia native, Lee has relocated to the Hamptons, and now co-hosts &quot;The Kitchen&quot; on Food Network. Her enthusiasm for using farmers&rsquo; market ingredients in her largely simple recipes shines through. Burger variations, beverages (honeydew margaritas!), and seasonal sides &mdash; everything that you can imagine for a summer party is included in this beautifully photographed paean to summer entertaining.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Cassie Johnston&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=chia,%20quinoa,%20kale,%20oh%20my%20recipes%20for%2040&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><strong>Chia, Quinoa, Kale, Oh My!: Recipes for 40+ Delicious, Super-Nutritious Superfoods</strong></a> combines nutritional research with healthy recipes featuring over 40 superfoods. While the title ingredients have been some of the darlings of the clean-eating food world for the past few years, Johnston, author of the popular <strong><a href="http://backtoherroots.com" target="_blank" title="Read more about this blog (opens new window.)">Back to Her Roots</a></strong> blog, introduces the reader to many other common superfoods, such as barley, grapes and sweet potatoes. She explains the reasons why a food is considered super, and stresses the importance of looking beyond calories to determine the real value of the plate of food before you. Keep your partygoers nibbling on these delicious and sensible snacks and entr&eacute;es.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">And what is a summer party without a table full of desserts beckoning? <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=norske%20nook&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window.)"><strong>The Norske Nook Book of Pies and Other Recipes</strong></a> by Jerry Bechard and Cindee Borton-Parker uncovers the recipes of the famous northern Wisconsin restaurants&rsquo; pies and treats. Starting with the basics of crusts and puddings, each of the many desserts featured is simply laid out so that the home cook can have as much success as the Nook&rsquo;s pastry chefs. Rounding out the cookbook are a few &ldquo;Scandinavian specialities&rdquo; that harken back to the old country. Sky-high lemon meringues, lingonberry-apple cream cheese and sour cream peach pies will have you throwing caution to the wind and putting your beach body diet off&hellip;for one more day.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/recipes-outdoor-entertaining#commentsAdultNonfictionFoodToddWed, 10 Jun 2015 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers25995 at http://www.bcpl.infoWe All Looked Uphttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/we-all-looked
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=%22We%20All%20Looked%20Up%22&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><img alt="Cover of &quot;We All Looked Up&quot; by Tommy Wallach" src=" http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781481418775/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=872654216" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)." /></a>Tommy Wallach&rsquo;s pre-apocalyptic debut novel <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=%22We%20All%20Looked%20Up%22&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0&amp;" target="_blank"><strong>We All Looked Up</strong></a> follows four initially loosely connected fellow Seattle-area high school seniors. Peter is a type-A, handsome jock in a bad relationship. While they were juniors, he kissed avant-garde photographer Eliza in the school&rsquo;s darkroom. Anita, a well-to-do, prim and proper African American serves on the Student Council with Peter, and was recently observed breaking down in the guidance counselor&rsquo;s office by slacker/skater Andy, whose best friend is also dating Peter&rsquo;s freshman sister. All of this connected drama is nothing compared to what comes next &ndash; the approach of asteroid Ardor to the Earth&rsquo;s orbit.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">At first, NASA doesn&rsquo;t expect Ardor to cause much of a problem to Earth, but when they revise the likelihood of a major catastrophe to two in three odds, each of the teens react in their own way to the impending doom. None of the adults in the teens&rsquo; lives are much help, as they too have no idea how to handle the end of the world. Forging their own paths in the final weeks of their lives, each teen decides what is most important and chooses unexpected but interconnected paths.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">A foreboding darkness imbues much of the contemporary novel, but it is not without humor and bright dialogue. Wallach writes thoughtful and realistic scenes that are relatable to the second decade of our century. Teen readers will consider what their choices might be if a similar catastrophic event befell their own community, and the conclusion will resonate long after the last page is read.&nbsp;</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/we-all-looked#commentsFictionTeenRealisticToddMon, 08 Jun 2015 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers25523 at http://www.bcpl.infoNew Picture Books for Springhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/new-picture-books-spring
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=only%20stanley%20agee&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><img alt="It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780803739079/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=" style="width: 154px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=please%20mr.%20panda%20antony&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><img alt="Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780545788922/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=882553289" style="width: 195px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Last%20Stop%20on%20Market%20Street%20Pena&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><img alt="Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399257742/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=881469289" style="width: 162px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window)." /></a>Stanley the beagle&#39;s family is awakened throughout the night by what they believe are his normal &lsquo;handydog&rsquo; activities. As each of the four children go to their parents&#39; room to investigate the strange noises they hear, their father assures them that <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=only%20stanley%20agee&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><strong>It&#39;s Only Stanley</strong></a>. But this is no ordinary night. Author Jon Agee&#39;s usual over-the-top events and humorous illustrations will appeal to the intended audience.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Although Mr. Panda seems apathetic when offering colorful donuts to his black-and-white animal friends, he has a method to his madness. One by one, those who want a donut are refused, until a bright-eyed lemur remembers the magic word. A manners book that isn&rsquo;t preachy, <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=please%20mr.%20panda%20antony&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><strong>Please, Mr. Panda</strong></a> by Steve Antony is a perfectly silly reminder to young children. Stark but inviting illustrations match the minimalist text.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Last%20Stop%20on%20Market%20Street%20Pena&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens new window)."><strong>Last Stop on Market Street</strong></a> by Matt de la Pe&ntilde;a, CJ and his grandmother leave church every Sunday and wait for the bus. But this Sunday CJ, has a lot of questions for his caregiver, wondering why they don&rsquo;t have a car, why they have to go to church and why a blind man cannot see. Each time his grandmother answers with the wisdom of experience and age. Christian Robinson&rsquo;s bright and child-friendly illustrations are a perfect match for the urban setting of this contemporary and diverse tale.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/new-picture-books-spring#commentsFictionChildrenPicture BookToddTue, 21 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers24131 at http://www.bcpl.infoFrom 200 Miles Uphttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/200-miles
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=you are here: around the world in 92 minutes&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><img alt="Cover art for You Are Here by Chris Hadfield" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316379649/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=879583417" style="width: 200px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)" /></a>Most anyone with a passing interest in space exploration was wowed by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield while he was commander of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2012 and 2013. Hadfield drew a large following, adeptly using social media to reinvigorate awareness of astronomy and the importance of understanding our place in the larger universe. Now back to earth and an adjunct professor of aviation at the University of Waterloo, his latest book is full of mesmerizing photos from space titled <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=you are here: around the world in 92 minutes&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><strong>You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes</strong></a>.</p>
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Hadfield explains in the introduction that the ISS fully orbits the Earth in 92 minutes, essentially 16 times a day. While he was mostly tasked with scientific responsibilities, over time he was able to take about 45,000 photographs of the wonders down below. While he was unable to capture every shot he desired, as time went on he learned to better compose his images so they became more obviously the work of a photographer rather than mere satellite images. And as he moves from continent to continent in organizing the photos, the incredible topography of our planet comes into focus.</p>
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To make the photos come to life, the author/photographer sprinkles humor and his obvious sense of wonder and joy in the captions. Small icons included with some images hint at what Hadfield was seeing in the photo, such as how a dental x-ray is mimicked in the unusual features of a Western Australian coastline. A sense of awe at the size of our planet and the diversity of the Earth&rsquo;s environment is felt quickly while poring over the glossy pages of this fast read. And those who want more of the same can check out <a href="http://www.bcpl.info/facebook#interview-with-astronaut-reid-wiseman" title="Learn more about this topic.">this BCPL interview with local astronaut Reid Wiseman</a> or follow his <a href="http://twitter.com/astro_reid" title="Check out this Twitter Feed.">tweets and posts from the ISS</a>.<br />
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<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/200-miles#commentsAdultNonfictionScience and NatureToddTue, 04 Nov 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19936 at http://www.bcpl.infoTasty and Satisfying for Fallhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/tasty-and-satisfying-fall
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Aarti Paarti: An American Kitchen with an Indian Soul&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><img alt="Cover art for Aarti Paarti" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781455545414/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=868040314" style="width: 160px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Cooking with Pumpkin: Recipes that Go beyond the Pie&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Cooking with Pumpkin" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781581572681/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=870098350" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 195px; height: 195px;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food: The Ultimate Weekend Cookbook&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Comfort Food" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062305619/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=869267224" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 153px; height: 196px;" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)" /></a>As the temperatures cool down and the days become shorter, a new season has arrived. With leaves falling and warm sweaters unpacked comes the desire for foods that exemplify warmth and coziness. Three recently published cookbooks express strong autumnal flavors that will surely bring pleasant aromas to your kitchen.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">One style that always warms the heart and belly is Indian cuisine. Aarti Sequeira, winner of season six of Food Network Star, brings her winning personality and complex-tasting but simple-to-create spice blends to <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Aarti%20Paarti:%20An%20American%20Kitchen%20with%20an%20Indian%20Soul&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><strong>Aarti Paarti: An American Kitchen with an Indian Soul</strong></a>. After a short introduction discussing her background, she explains the many spices in the Indian pantry as well as a quick guide to lentils and the mystery of curry powder. Vegetarian dishes are well-represented, as well as Sequeira&rsquo;s fondness for sweets and desserts. Her recipes incorporate exotic flavors into American favorites, creating intriguing concepts such as South Indian Tomato Soup, Bombay Sloppy Joes and Masala Shrimp &lsquo;n&rsquo; Grits.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Averie Sunshine, the&nbsp; popular food blogger at <strong><a href="http://www.averiecooks.com/" target="_blank" title="Check out this blog.">AverieCooks.com</a></strong>, has her finger on the pulse of one of this decade&rsquo;s hottest food trends in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Cooking%20with%20Pumpkin:%20Recipes%20that%20Go%20beyond%20the%20Pie&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><strong>Cooking with Pumpkin: Recipes that Go beyond the Pie</strong></a>. She brings 50 of her favorite savory and sweet recipes together to create a group of mouthwatering fall dishes. From Parmesan and Cream Cheese Pumpkin Puff appetizers to Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, this is a book for the pumpkin lover. She also has suggestions for perfectly roasted pumpkin seeds and a number of pumpkin beverages that surpass the tired spiced latte.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">A well-known British chef and international culinary superstar is back with <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Jamie%20Oliver%E2%80%99s%20Comfort%20Food:%20The%20Ultimate%20Weekend%20Cookbook&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" title="Learn more about this title (opens in new window.)"><strong>Jamie Oliver&rsquo;s Comfort Food: The Ultimate Weekend Cookbook</strong></a>, a compendium of hearty-but-healthy recipes perfect for the home cook. Each recipe includes the preparation time and the caloric intake per serving, in addition to attractive photographs of the foods. Oliver states in the introduction that these recipes are intended for a leisurely experience, to celebrate and savor, and not simply for the everyday routine. Respected for his charge to improve school lunch menus worldwide, the chef returns to his roots with this cookbook to pore over and plan cold-weather weekend meals around.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/tasty-and-satisfying-fall#commentsAdultNonfictionFoodToddWed, 22 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19878 at http://www.bcpl.infoAshes to Asheshttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/ashes-ashes
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=smoke gets in your eyes doughty&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Book cover of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393240238/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=869437845" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Search for this title in our catalog." /></a>Caitlin Doughty grew up in Hawai&rsquo;i, and early on became &ldquo;functionally morbid&rdquo; with death. As a girl, she witnessed a shocking accident at a shopping mall, which cemented her desire to better understand the afterlife, which she parlayed into her college study of medieval death rituals. In her book debut <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=smoke%20gets%20in%20your%20eyes%20doughty&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory</strong></a>, Doughty brings this difficult but universal subject to light. Despite the dark and sometimes gory content, she conversationally illuminates her year at Westwind Cremation and Burial in Oakland, California, and what she has accomplished since. If you never before knew the methods (and secrets) of &ldquo;dignified&rdquo; body disposal, you will after reading this exceptional book.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Doughty sprinkles her text with plenty of food for thought, whether it be historical and cultural tidbits about death, body disposal and mourning in cultures throughout time and worldwide, or when she gives her strong opinions about what we in America are doing right and wrong when it comes to handling our mortality. She daydreamed that one day she would open a funeral practice called &ldquo;La Belle Mort,&rdquo; which would take the unnatural aspects out of the process, but instead make for an open discussion about death and the hereafter. A chapter focusing on women&rsquo;s roles in mortality culture includes a passage reminding the reader that &ldquo;every time a woman gives birth, she is creating not only a life, but also a death.&rdquo;</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The author discusses corpses of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the stillborn to the elderly, the suicides and the drug overdoses, those who died surrounded by loved ones and those who died alone. Host of her own YouTube series, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/OrderoftheGoodDeath/videos" target="_blank"><strong>Ask a Mortician</strong></a>, Doughty also discusses how unfortunate it is that so few people know the law with regard to their loved ones&rsquo; corpses, nor do they have a plan of action. A timeless memoir, <strong>Smoke Gets in Your Eyes</strong> is both eye-opening and could start important topical discussions that too few of us are having.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/ashes-ashes#commentsAdultNonfictionBiography and MemoirToddFri, 10 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19799 at http://www.bcpl.infoThe New Stars of the Dinner Platehttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/new-stars-dinner-plate
<p style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Vegetarian Dinner Parties: 150 Meatless Meals Good Enough to Serve to Company&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Vegetarian Dinner Parties" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781609615017/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=869437712" style="margin: 5px; width: 160px; height: 200px; float: left;" title="Cover art for Vegetarian Dinner Parties" /></a>Most home cooks are now acquainted with at least one family member or friend who is vegetarian, or may be vegetarian themselves. <a href="http://www.bruceandmark.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough</strong></a>, authors of over 20 cookbooks, have now published <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Vegetarian%20Dinner%20Parties:%20150%20Meatless%20Meals%20Good%20Enough%20to%20Serve%20to%20Company&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>Vegetarian Dinner Parties: 150 Meatless Meals Good Enough to Serve to Company</strong></a>. In an extensive, chatty and humor-filled introduction, the pair discuss the value of dinner parties and the fallacy that these gatherings are in the midst of a comeback &mdash; it is their assertion that they&rsquo;ve never gone away. They also admit to being &ldquo;lapsed vegetarians,&rdquo; but encourage the use of vegetables and fruits as the stars of any meal course. As they learned upon putting together this book, many of the recipes could easily be turned vegan, and over 40 percent of the dishes are fully vegan. The men also give suggestions for easy tablescapes and music to enhance any dinner party.</p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The authors describe the importance of prep work, and divide the book into seven courses that &ldquo;follow the arc of a dinner party:&rdquo; cocktails and nibbles, small plates, soups and salads, pastas, large plates and desserts. But they caution that there is no need to have all or even most of these courses depending on the guests, the hosts, the kitchen and time. Among the recipes themselves, there are helpful hints that indicate what part of the process can be done ahead of time, what can be skipped if time and/or ability is limited and what potential garnish and beverage would go best with each dish. Additionally, a suggestion is made as to how, within a full dinner party, the recipe would best complement other recipes in the book.</p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Weinstein and Scarbrough&rsquo;s take on vegetarian cooking is very 21st century in its outlook. As they worked to perfect the recipes, they quickly realized that there is no need to hide fruits and vegetables with heavy creamy sauces or cheese, or to relegate these ingredients to sidekicks for a historic protein. Instead, the fresh, bright elements shine through as the brilliant features of the party.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/new-stars-dinner-plate#commentsAdultNonfictionFoodToddFri, 03 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19768 at http://www.bcpl.infoWhile We Sleephttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/while-we-sleep
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=nocturne: creatures of the night traer scott&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Nocturne" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616892883/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=869527499" style="width: 164px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Cover art for Nocturne" /></a>Award-winning photographer <a href="http://www.traerscott.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Traer Scott</strong></a> brings nocturnal wildlife to vivid life in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=nocturne: creatures of the night traer scott&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Nocturne: Creatures of the Night</strong></a>, her fascinating book of animal portraiture. A detailed introduction explains the processes that Scott went through to compose and best feature the animals, including how her husband constructed black foam core boxes to provide fully black backgrounds for the smaller creatures. She also describes in detail the experiences of corralling a little brown bat on to its &ldquo;stage&rdquo;; the short, vivid life of a luna moth and how she felt obligated to photograph and release it humanely; and the first defense porcupines use when feeling threatened &ndash; a pungent odor she found herself covered in when going for the perfect shot leaving her barely able to breathe.</p>
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The bulk of the lovely book, of course, is the stunning photographs themselves. Each portrait of the featured beings comes with a short explanation of some of the animal&rsquo;s more captivating nocturnal behaviors. The author also conveys that the habitats of too many of the animals presented are being destroyed as humans encroach on their environment. From the well-known, such as species of owls, bats and raccoons, to the various felines, snakes and amphibians that stalk the darkness, Scott&rsquo;s photographic subjects glow with life. The fur, scales and feathers of the studies catch the light against the black, becoming brilliant and almost tangible. An easy-to-hold size makes <strong>Nocturne </strong>a beautiful package to pore over with amazement at the photographs and the animals contained within.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/while-we-sleep#commentsAdultArts and EntertainmentNonfictionScience and NatureToddFri, 26 Sep 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19645 at http://www.bcpl.infoFlesh and Bloodhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/flesh-and-blood
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=sisters telgemeier&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Sisters" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780545540605/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=838195744" style="width: 137px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a>At turns hilarious and poignant, <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=sisters%20telgemeier&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Sisters</strong></a> marks Raina Telgemeier&rsquo;s latest autobiographical graphic novel reminiscence of her childhood and adolescence. This family story is a companion of sorts to her earlier Eisner Award-winning <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=smile%20telgemeier&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Smile</strong></a>. The events of a fateful summer of her early adolescence are clearly depicted in episodic arcs which show the early days of two young artists. As the book opens, Raina, her younger sister Amara, and little brother Will are packing camping supplies with their mom as they travel from San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado. This road trip doesn&rsquo;t go quite as planned, of course, and the journey plainly displays a long-seething sibling rivalry between the two girls. In flashbacks, Raina&rsquo;s initial desire for a baby sister quickly turns sour when Amara&rsquo;s personality doesn&rsquo;t match Raina&rsquo;s expectations.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">And there are other issues at play here as well &ndash; Raina&rsquo;s father has been laid off from his job, and her parents&rsquo; relationship suffers because of it. A string of ill-conceived pet adoptions, culminating in a snake escape, adds another wrinkle of tension among the family members. But the concerns are limited compared to the amusing situations Raina finds herself in. Telgemeier&rsquo;s signature vibrant line-drawings are deceptively simple, and her characters are portrayed with expressive detail. The full-color illustrations make for an appealing package which is easy to follow, given the non-linear chronology. Readers can easily empathize with the Telgemeier family and their frustrations and triumphs. <strong>Sisters </strong>is a quick, pleasurable read, and the book will become a sure-bet for siblings dealing with conflict.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/flesh-and-blood#commentsFictionChildrenGraphic NovelToddFri, 29 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers19013 at http://www.bcpl.infoThe Possibilities Are Endlesshttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/possibilities-are-endless
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=alsaid get lost&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Let's Get Lost" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780373211241/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=876602033" style="width: 134px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a>Mexico City author <a href="http://youngadultmag.com/Browse/Article/4362/adi-alsaid-lets-get-lost" target="_blank"><strong>Adi Alsaid</strong></a> ties together the stories of five distinct young people in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=alsaid%20get%20lost&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Let&rsquo;s Get Lost</strong></a>, his much-buzzed about, captivating road trip novel. Using an unconventional but ultimately wholly satisfying structure, the author first introduces us to Hudson, a young man in Vicksburg, Mississippi, who seems to have his life planned out. But then a carefree, plainspoken 17-year-old named Leila appears in her red car (with red interior) at the repair shop his father owns. Everything in Hudson&rsquo;s life changes after spending a few short hours with Leila.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">And this is ultimately Leila&rsquo;s story, which the reader is told in bits and pieces as she meanders toward her ultimate destination of seeing the Northern Lights in Alaska. In Kansas City, she encounters Bree, a shoplifting runaway with a dark backstory; later in the Twin Cities, Leila saves Elliot from what could have been a life-ending decision on his prom night that didn&rsquo;t go as he&rsquo;d planned. On the way northwest to Alaska, Sonia needs Leila&rsquo;s help after circumstances set into motion an international comedy of errors involving wedding rings, Mounties and Tim Horton&rsquo;s donuts. Finally, Leila reaches Alaska, and the reasons for her bittersweet need to see the Northern Lights become as brilliantly clear as the Aurora Borealis itself.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Alsaid&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0PmU06k848" target="_blank"><strong>novel</strong></a> brims with young people on the cusp of discovering their potentials, which makes it a great read for teens looking for inspiration in their own lives. It will also appeal to adults with a sense of longing for open-ended days free of responsibility, when life&rsquo;s options seemed limitless.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/possibilities-are-endless#commentsFictionTeenRealisticToddWed, 06 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers18010 at http://www.bcpl.infoA Season of Changehttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/season-change
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img alt="Cover art for This One Summer" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781596437746/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=857967536" style="width: 141px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" />Canadian cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki team up on <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=this one summer tamaki&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>This One Summer</strong></a>, a swirling, breathtaking graphic novel that recounts the time in a girl&rsquo;s life when childhood innocence comes to a crashing end.&nbsp; Rose, an only child, goes to cottage country north of Toronto every summer with her parents. There, they meet up with another neighbor family, including Windy, who has been Rose&rsquo;s slightly younger playmate for years. Windy, too, is an only child, and the two find themselves quickly reacquainting and sharing their days together. But Rose&rsquo;s adolescent leanings, coupled with tension between her parents, mean that this summer will be different.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Jillian Tamaki&rsquo;s purple-blue ink illustrations perfectly capture the churning, confusing and sometimes somber moodiness that Rose endures as the events of the summer pass. From carefree days splashing in the lake and watching slasher DVDs with Windy to dealing with her parents&rsquo; marital breakdown, Rose&rsquo;s progression is clearly defined. Her first crush, on a convenience store clerk (who has troubles all his own), is well-depicted in all its unrequited awkwardness. Mariko Tamaki&rsquo;s words are equally effective, as many older teens and adults will see their own lives in the thoughts and actions of the young friends. Frank language and mature topics such as depression and pregnancy are handled carefully but without patronizing to the intended age of the readership. Particularly successful is the way the Tamakis choose to tell the tale &mdash; without judgment or outspoken morality. The bittersweet conclusion is open-ended and purposely lacking forced resolution, showing that adolescence &mdash; and life itself &mdash; is a continuum that will go on long past that one summer.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/season-change#commentsFictionTeenGraphic NovelRealisticToddFri, 01 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers17994 at http://www.bcpl.infoThe War to End All Warshttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/war-end-all-wars
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=world war i: the definitive visual history&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for World War I: The Definitive Visual History" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781465419385/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=859882695" style="width: 166px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=dark invasion 1915 germany's secret war and&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Dark Invasion" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062307552/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=858749315" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=harlem hellfighters brooks&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for The Harlem Hellfighters" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780307464972/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=852457471" style="width: 134px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a>Today marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, the moment that set the history of the rest of the 20th century in motion. Believed at first to be a war that would take weeks or months to settle, the war dragged on for four long, tragic years until the armistice was signed in 1918. Many new titles have been written that bring a better understanding of this period and the catastrophe of the war.</p>
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R.G. Grant&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=world war i: the definitive visual history&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>World War I: the Definitive Visual History, from Sarajevo to Versailles</strong></a> is a terrific introduction to many facets of the conflict. DK Publishing, partnering with the Smithsonian, brings manageable text and countless period photographs here to best explain the personalities, weapons and cultural artifacts of the time period. In <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=long%20shadow%20reynolds&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0&amp;searchid=0" target="_blank"><strong>The Long Shadow: The Legacy of the Great War in the Twentieth Century</strong></a>, David Reynolds discusses the ramifications of the war, and rethinks some of the theses that have become too-easy explanations for its causes and results. He also looks at its decades-long impact on the art and literary world and how it brought about Modernism. Howard Blum&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=dark invasion 1915 germany's secret war and&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany&rsquo;s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Tale in America</strong></a> is a fascinating tale of espionage and intrigue is. New York City and other American cities were targeted by German spies to discourage munitions and other supplies from going across the Atlantic to the Allied forces, long before United States troops became officially embroiled in the conflict itself.</p>
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Novels set in the time period are perennially popular, such as the Maisie Dobbs mysteries. Now, that series&rsquo; author, Jacqueline Winspear, returns with the elegiac and stunning <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=care and management of lies winspear&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>The Care and Management of Lies</strong></a>. Two very different young women come together in the backdrop of the war that has taken away the men in their lives. And Max Brooks&rsquo; graphic novel <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=harlem hellfighters brooks&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>The Harlem Hellfighters</strong></a> is fiction rooted in the heroic tales of the famous African-American 369th Infantry Regiment who fought for France due to antiquated, racially-motivated rules within the American Expeditionary Forces.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/war-end-all-wars#commentsAdultFictionNonfictionHistoricalGraphic NovelHistoryToddMon, 28 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers17964 at http://www.bcpl.infoA Doughboy's Best Friendhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/doughboys-best-friend
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=stubby the war dog the true story of&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Stubby the War Dog" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426314865/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=856977439" style="width: 170px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=sergeant stubby&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Sergeant Stubby" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426213106/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=871036531" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a>To commemorate the centennial of the outbreak of World War I this summer, many new books have been and will continue to be released. They range from new analyses of battles, biographies of personalities of the era and wide-ranging assessments of how the &lsquo;War to End All Wars&rsquo; set the history of the 20th and 21st century and its continuing conflicts in motion. A furry character study for young readers comes in Ann Bausum&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=stubby the war dog the true story of&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I&rsquo;s Bravest Dog</strong></a>. As the United States was at last pulled into the war in 1917, a stray, brindle-colored Boston Bull Terrier wandered onto a soldiers&rsquo; training ground at Yale University. The soldiers all took a liking to this sweet, short-tailed dog, but none more than enlisted man James Conroy.</p>
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Training complete (for both men and dog), the soldiers were sent to sea, and Conroy smuggled the pup onto the ship bound for France. Now considered a mascot, Stubby had been taught to stand on his rear legs and lift his right paw to salute high-ranking officers. This endeared Stubby to all he met, including women of the French resistance, who sewed him a natty uniform. The dog turned out to be a valiant and useful addition to the men in the trenches, as he aided with rat removal, alerted the men to enemies approaching and was even temporarily wounded in action while helping to discover landmines. Bausum illustrates the history of the four-legged hero with plenty of period photographs from the Conroy family collection and other ephemera of the WWI era. Her impeccable research is outlined in endnotes and an extensive bibliography. She also tells of this famous dog in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=sergeant stubby&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation</strong></a>, written for adult readers. This title covers even more of Stubby&rsquo;s exploits during and after the war. Both books are published by National Geographic, and are excellent avenues into this period. They will be enjoyed by dog lovers as well as by history buffs.<br />
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<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/doughboys-best-friend#commentsAdultNonfictionNonfictionChildrenHistoryHistoryToddMon, 07 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers17879 at http://www.bcpl.infoBehind the Platehttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/behind-plate
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img alt="Cover art for Throwback" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250031839/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=857982387" style="width: 131px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" />What do catchers and umpires really talk about during a ballgame? Longtime Major League catcher Jason Kendall reveals the secrets of that mystery in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=throwback kendall&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>Throwback: A Big-League Catcher Tells How the Game Is Really Played</strong></a>. Co-authored by <em>Kansas City Star</em> sportswriter Lee Judge, this is not a personal memoir with a few details about what happens on the field, but instead it is chockfull of insights that any casual or ardent baseball fan will relish.<br />
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Kendall spent more than half of his decade-plus career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was known as an unusually speedy catcher with an unconventional batting stance. This resulted in him being the fifth most hit-by-pitch player in Major League history, and he divulges the methods used to reach base no matter what the cost. But for the bulk of the book, the self-described badass talks about the relationships a catcher has with the rest of his team and opponents when on the field. Kendall starts with the pitcher and discusses in great detail how statistics, while valuable, often take a back seat to keen observation. After several seasons in the big leagues, he could identify when a pitcher needed to hang it up, and when batters were simply phoning it in and when they were on fire. Most intriguing of all are the discussions between catcher and pitcher and the ever-evolving, incredibly exhaustive language of signs between the two critical players.<br />
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Written conversationally, but containing considerable detail, <strong>Throwback</strong> is a rare look into how contemporary baseball is won and lost. While other big leaguers are mentioned, this is all about the game and not about the personalities. And those catcher-umpire conversations? Kendall discloses how it is an all-game affair of compromise, conniving and convincing to make sure there would be a win for his team at the end of nine innings.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/behind-plate#commentsAdultNonfictionSports and RecreationToddFri, 20 Jun 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers17798 at http://www.bcpl.infoMississippi, 50 Years Onhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/mississippi-50-years
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=freedom summer rubin&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780823429202/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=847763446" style="width: 160px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=freedom summer murders mitchell&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="The Freedom Summer Murders" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780545477253/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=877887297" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a>As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the unspeakable murders of three young civil rights volunteers, two books introduce to young readers what happened in Mississippi in June of 1964 &ndash; and the legacy of that Freedom Summer. Susan Goldman Rubin takes a timeline approach in her middle grade book <strong><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=freedom%20summer%20rubin&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank">Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi</a></strong>. Each chapter is titled with a time, such as &ldquo;June 21, 1964, Afternoon,&rdquo; the last time any of the three victims were seen alive. Pulling no punches, Rubin outlines the devastating reality of the ingrained racist attitudes among many of the people of Neshoba County, Mississippi, at that time, while making plain that those feelings extended to the all-white law enforcement authorities which aided and abetted in the killings. Maps, interviews and reproductions of photos and newspaper clippings all bring to light the horror of the situation that played out over the course of that summer.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Don Mitchell&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=freedom%20summer%20murders%20mitchell&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>The Freedom Summer Murders</strong></a> covers similar territory but in a slightly different way, and for a teen audience. Chapters introduce us to the victims individually as each of the young men &ndash; James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner &ndash; receives his due. Interviews with their families, friends and other volunteers in Mississippi that summer help bring a better focus to who they were and why they felt so strongly for this cause. Additionally, Mitchell&rsquo;s book fully examines the legacy of the summer and how their martyrdom ignited nationwide awareness, shock and fury. He includes the protracted legal battles and eventual reconciliation efforts that have helped move Mississippi and the state forward from this dark episode even to this day.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/mississippi-50-years#commentsNonfictionTeenChildrenHistoryToddWed, 11 Jun 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers17733 at http://www.bcpl.infoNot Always As It Seemshttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/not-always-it-seems
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=nisekoi: false love&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Nisekoi: False Love" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781421557991/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=862092228" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=phantom thief jeanne&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Phantom Thief Jeanne" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781421565903/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=869786833" style="width: 132px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog" /></a>Countless manga series that have been translated from the original Japanese have appeared in the U.S. over the past decade. After a few years of the market becoming flooded with sometimes mediocre products, publishers have become more selective. They are now focusing on the cream of the crop. Two strong, well-reviewed manga for teens that have been recent hits in Japan are arriving here in the U.S.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=nisekoi:%20false%20love&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Nisekoi: False Love</strong></a>, by Naoshi Komi, tells the story of Raku, the high school-aged son of a Yakuza gangster. Raku&rsquo;s father has arranged a &ldquo;false love&rdquo; match between the young man and a rival gang leader&rsquo;s daughter, Chitoge. They get off to an inauspicious start when Chitoge accidentally knees Raku in the face, which in turn causes Raku to lose an important locket. This was the only connection he maintained to a childhood sweetheart, and the search for the lost item causes instant strife between the two newly matched teens. Despite the outrageous plot, this works as a sort of wacky romantic comedy, with gangster elements adding intrigue and surprise. Two volumes are currently available, with the third coming in May.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Meanwhile, Arina Tanemura&rsquo;s <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=phantom%20thief%20jeanne&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Phantom Thief Jeanne</strong></a> is a reincarnation in more ways than one. Originally licensed to another publisher that later went bankrupt, this series has returned with new covers and crisp line drawings reminiscent of <strong><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=sailor%20moon&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank">Sailor Moon</a></strong>. The other reincarnation is Jeanne herself &ndash; a &ldquo;phantom-thief magical girl&rdquo; who is the second coming of Joan of Arc. As is the case in many manga, the plot is almost too outrageous and convoluted to summarize, but it involves a battle between angels and devils, chess pieces that unlock the mysteries within the hearts of humans and demons hidden in priceless works of art. All of this is compounded by another story of false love! &nbsp;The second volume of the series will soon be available. Both of these series are good avenues into the outlandish, fantastical world of manga, as well as peeks into Japanese culture.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/not-always-it-seems#commentsFictionTeenGraphic NovelToddWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers16102 at http://www.bcpl.infoGabriel García Márquez, 1927-2014http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/gabriel-garc%C3%AD-m%C3%A1rquez-1927-2014
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=one hundred years of solitude marquez&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780061120091/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Love in the Time of Cholera marquez&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781482939712/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=852401356" style="width: 200px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" title="Click image to search for this title in our catalog." /></a>Colombian novelist and Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez passed away yesterday in Mexico City. He is considered the father of the &ldquo;magical realism&rdquo; subgenre of literary fiction, many authors having been influenced by his writing style. Born in a small Colombian town and raised by his grandparents, Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez was sent to a Jesuit school near Bogot&aacute; where he caught the writing bug. At first, he wanted to be a journalist, but soon after, in his late adolescence, he realized his true calling was as a novelist.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Best known for two mammoth international bestsellers, <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=one%20hundred%20years%20of%20solitude%20marquez&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>One Hundred Years of Solitude</strong></a> and <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Love%20in%20the%20Time%20of%20Cholera%20marquez&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>Love in the Time of Cholera</strong></a>, Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez wrote a total of six major novels, four novellas, five collections of short stories and a number of nonfiction works. Oprah Winfrey selected <strong>One Hundred Years of Solitude</strong> for her book club in 2004, and the novel is said to have sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Acclaimed Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes once referred to him as &ldquo;the most popular and, perhaps, the best writer in Spanish since Cervantes.&rdquo; Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez is survived by his wife and two sons.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/gabriel-garc%C3%AD-m%C3%A1rquez-1927-2014#commentsAdultFictionIn the NewsToddFri, 18 Apr 2014 16:39:51 +0000Between the Covers16094 at http://www.bcpl.infoFrom Winter to Springhttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/winter-spring
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Default&amp;term=Brimsby’s Hats&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Brimsby's Hats" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781442481473/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=801219076" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 256px; height: 200px;" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Sparky! Jenny Offill&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Sparky!" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375870231/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=823014066" style="width: 188px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Some Bugs Angela DiTerlizzi&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for Some Bugs" class="blog-image-border" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781442458802/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=829999666" style="width: 152px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a>Three strong new picture books are sure to bring smiles to young readers and their caregivers. Debut author/illustrator Andrew Prahin brings us <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Default&amp;term=Brimsby’s Hats&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>Brimsby&rsquo;s Hats</strong></a>, wherein the title character owns and operates a small mail-order hat business out of his cozy home. Each day, his badger friend comes to help design and box the millinery, until one day when it is time for the striped one to set off on a new adventure. Lonely Brimsby must find new friends and a new purpose. Soft digital pastels and engaging characters lift this fine tale that covers the well-worn topic of adjusting to change. &nbsp;<br />
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Sparky!%20Jenny%20Offill&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>Sparky!</strong></a>, by Jenny Offill and Chris Appelhans, a young girl is desperate to have a pet. Her mother declines the pleas, citing the amount of work that is required. Undaunted, she has a sloth sent from Brazil, and instantly (and, as it turns out, ironically) calls him Sparky. The young girl attempts to teach him the sorts of tricks that she expects him to learn, to no avail. He prefers to be a sloth-like sloth! Cool watercolors, hand-drawn lettering and touches of humor for kids and adults are all present in this story of measured expectations.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=Some%20Bugs%20Angela%20DiTerlizzi&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=MP&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>Some Bugs</strong></a>, by Angela DiTerlizzi and Brendan Wenzel, is a raucous introduction to many insects and related crawlers. In simple verse, countless attributes of some bugs are relayed. Each double-page spread brings much to look for, as the young reader may want to try to identify which bugs are depicted. Wenzel&rsquo;s collage-like, mixed-media illustrations are entomologically accurate but with exaggerated bug eyes. At the end, all of the creatures are identified, including a cat that makes multiple appearances during the proceedings. This picture book is a bright, fun reminder of the insects that soon will again be upon our backyards.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/winter-spring#commentsFictionChildrenPicture BookToddWed, 09 Apr 2014 11:00:00 +0000Between the Covers16061 at http://www.bcpl.infoAnd Then There Were Nonehttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/and-then-there-were-none
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Default&amp;term=A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for A Feathered River Across the Sky" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781620405345/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=849210339" style="width: 131px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a>How did it happen? How did humans, in about 30 years, entirely kill off a bird species that once numbered in the millions, if not billions? In <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Default&amp;term=A%20Feathered%20River%20Across%20the%20Sky:%20The%20Passenger%20Pigeon%27s%20Flight%20to%20Extinction&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank" type="Click to find this title in our catalog."><strong>A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon&#39;s Flight to Extinction</strong></a>, researcher Joel Greenberg covers the incredibly fast decline and disappearance of this iconic bird. One of the best-known examples of the end of a species, Greenberg delves deep into the various theories and causes of its extinction.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The mass slaughter of these birds in the years 1850-1880 has been well-documented, and Greenberg describes in great detail the methods (nets, guns, traps, etc.) that were used to capture or kill them. Due to the pigeons&rsquo; tendency to flock in the thousands or more, they made for easy targets no matter what method used. While the pigeons were initially found in large numbers from the Eastern seaboard west to the Rockies, their last huge flocks were found mostly in the area of the Great Lakes. Greenberg posits that the pigeons could live only as members of these large flocks; without the protection and community that this provided the birds, they were unable to survive.</p>
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<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;">After the decades of the late 1800s, only a few were found here and there over their once large range. Finally, in 1914, the last of the Passenger Pigeons, Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Greenberg&rsquo;s book is an elegy marking the centennial of her death and that of her entire species. The national conservation movement, spearheaded by Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir and others, came too late to save the Passenger Pigeon, but changed the mentality of the limits of human encroachment on nature. Though even with the scholarship and understanding that Greenberg and others have provided, we are left asking ourselves: how did it happen?</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/and-then-there-were-none#commentsAdultNonfictionScience and NatureToddFri, 14 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000Between the Covers14306 at http://www.bcpl.infoWho She Used to Behttp://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/who-she-used-be
<p style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=when we were on fire a memoir of&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><img alt="Cover art for When We Were on Fire" src="http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781601425454/MC.GIF&amp;client=baltctypublib&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=846544967" style="width: 133px; height: 200px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://addiezierman.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Blogger</strong></a>, mom and wife, and, in her own words, &ldquo;recovering Jesus Freak,&rdquo; Addie Zierman writes the story of her evangelical adolescence and young adulthood in <a href="http://catalog.bcpl.lib.md.us/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=when we were on fire a memoir of&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0" target="_blank"><strong>When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over</strong></a>. Raised by parents who belonged to an evangelical church, Addie caught &ldquo;fire&rdquo; in her sophomore year of high school when she and her friends became devout Christians, first joining and then creating their own Bible study group at their high school. These were the 1990s, the days of WWJD?, mission trips to save lost souls and contemporary Christian pop music.</p>
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Divided into four sections, Zierman provides the reader with a glimpse into the mind of a young evangelical woman who believes she knows the path that her God has put forth. Pressing her along this journey is Chris, a young man three years older, who seems to Addie to have it all figured out. But as she eventually realizes, nothing she does is holy enough for Chris while he is in his own state of &ldquo;fire,&rdquo; and they part on bad terms. This breakup points Zierman toward her disillusionment with her beliefs; nonetheless, she enrolls in a conservative Christian college in the Twin Cities. She meets the love of her life, Andrew, who shares Addie&rsquo;s propensity for standing out from the rest of their classmates. After their marriage, failed attempts to find a church that has everything they&rsquo;re looking for results in her rebellion against everything. This includes forays into alcohol abuse, a minor infidelity and previously undiagnosed depression. Ultimately, she finds redemption in creating a spiritual center that is right for herself and her family.</p>
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Conversationally composed, with very little religious jargon that might bother the casual reader, <strong>When We Were on Fire</strong> is an exceptional memoir. Relatable to anyone who has ever become fixated on a topic, whether it involves matters of faith, a romantic interest or otherwise, Addie Zierman&rsquo;s work makes her a writer to watch.</p>
<div class="taxonomy-images"><a href="/category/between-the-covers-blogger/todd" class="taxonomy-image-links"><img src="http://www.bcpl.info/sites/default/files/category_pictures/find-materials-blog-todd-signature.png" alt="Todd" title="Todd" width="224" height="75" class="taxonomy-image-term-164 taxonomy-image-vid-7" /></a></div>http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/who-she-used-be#commentsAdultNonfictionBiography and MemoirSpiritualityToddMon, 03 Feb 2014 11:55:55 +0000Between the Covers14268 at http://www.bcpl.info